My mother was born in the 1960s, a fairly wealthy family
My grandfather is an army officer, and my grandmother works in a supply and marketing cooperative, so she is guaranteed both in terms of economic and social status.
But since I can remember, the family is always teasing, arguing, and doing things without end.
My grandmother was a famous shrew from Shili Ba Village, she even dared to make a fuss about the government.
When my grandfather was young, his family was poor, and later he became a soldier. At that time, he was a counter-attack to get his grandma.
So every day starts with grandma's complaints and ends with vicious abuse
I scolded my grandfather for drinking, my uncle was incompetent, my mother was not filial, I was disobedient, my sister was fighting...
When I was young, the thing I was most afraid of was asking my grandmother for money to buy stationery and pay for meals.
Because every time it turns into endless complaints and curses
Later I learned to never ask for money while she is playing mahjong
Because she firmly believes that giving money while playing mahjong will lose your luck
But she hits for a day
I'll be bigger later
they're older
My grandmother and grandfather retired, my parents divorced, my uncle was still clothed, and my sister was forced to drop out of school to work...
It seems to get worse
Grandma is in her 60s, but her temper is getting more and more irritable
I asked my mother, was grandma like this when she was young?
Grandma's childhood and youth were even more unfortunate, mother said
She has a mother who is worse than herself, and a father who is even worse
That's why it's natural to treat family members rudely
Mom had no plans for the future when she was young
There is only one thought, and that is to escape, escape from grandma and this family
So when I volunteered for the university newspaper, I randomly chose another city, a major that I am not good at at all, and found a random man to marry.
My mother will occasionally sigh, what would have happened at that time...
But she always adds at the end
"But I don't regret it, because if I did that, there would be no you."
Last November, I received a call from my mother urging me to go back quickly, my grandmother is dying
The grandmother on the hospital bed was as thin as a wood, as small as being drained of water
But I remember her as a fierce and tall old witch.
Later, my mother told me
She can only forgive, because what else can she do but forgive
Like it says in the movie, "If you don't forgive, you'll never get rid of it"
I know that the misfortune of a family of origin often lasts for generations
but fortunately
I have a mother who protects me, loves me, and stops the unfortunate for me
if you have an unfortunate family
then wish you the same
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